jaffaZ32

hey just been looking at you Zed on the rides section. The pic of your headlamps, you have a ring around the lights like a bimmer. Did you do that? piccie

ooo... i have a pre order, number one featured the Zed and you could style it with branded kits. Don't you dare take that away from us. :hyper:

the novelty will soon ware off and you will see the not so good sides, omg how slow......

haha i thought you said cock

tubular exhaust manifolds normally crack, Smithy got my some Mike Smith ones which are made from cast.

greedy with 3 ticks, been almost a year n a half now.

It's getting complicated lol. nope i will have a proper look myself when i get it off the mechanic, i've seen it but not really studied it and at a quick look it looks messy. Would it make any differences that i will be running high boost on this crank and allot of bhp? So basicly as the crank stands it's not acceptable, but.... if it's deep or raised it's really bad. If it's only slight i might be able to get away with it. So in other words for a highly recomended company to scratch this part of the crank is a no no for what it cost as it could cause a serious issue. *take a deep Breathe* i better have a word with the engine shop. What should i be happy with as a outcome to them buggering it up? e.g. repair or machine a new crank to the same specification and leave it as that or should i push for more as in get compensation on the cost for the hassle, stress and timescale this has caused.

the Bearings came from the states and i don't really want to have to get another set because the engine shop couldn't do their job properly.

it's the end of the shaft that is scratched rather than a actually bearing.

Well i have spent close to £2000 on the crank. (not just with them, went to another engine shop first) I took it to the supposibly best engine shop in the area paid over the odds as i wanted a top job. Apart from the scratch the knife edging they done looks like they attacked it with a angel grinder. Maybe that's how it is meant to look but to me looks like a lumber jack had a go. Could i have a list of possible problems the scratch could cause so i know what i'm arguing.

yeah you can feel it with your nail. good point Andy. I'll get some pics of it.

I may have to take legal action about this one but i want your opinions if it's going to cause a problem. Basicly i took my crank to the engine shop for some work and they scratched the main bearing journal on the crank now they were very honest and pointed it out to me but said it was cosmetic and not going to cause any problems. My mechanic has said it's fooked and not to be used, he has asked other peoples opinions on the scratch and they say the same thing. They are also saying you took it to them in good condition all machined to size and got it back like that. Now this rebuild has just dragged on and i don't really care about that as i just want it back but if it is going to cause a problem then i need to get it sorted. So what i'm asking is, would a scratch to the main bearing cause any problems or is it purely cosmetic like the engine shop recomends? Thanks in advance.

Thanks. What about the rear illuminated panels?

are you going to Modified Nationals?

Kaize Aerocraft also make a wide arch kit which allot of people know excist

i'm lost.

I love that kit, one day..... :rofl:

Will you be developing any different headlights? Also your illuminated rear panels what colour is the "300zx" when it's not illiminated?

there be mine http://jaffaz32.bebo.com

Correct me if i'm wrong but what i understand of the JWT chip ecu is that it's set up for American fuel which is a different octane here in the UK.

Stay away from anyone like superchips. Both John Dixon and AndyP can make a chip to your exact requirements i believe. both forum members.

yeah i hope i get it all sorted too. I never looked at it like that, that is a bit of a worry. i've never seen what knife edge looks like before but it does look as if a angle grinder was took to it, so makes you wonder if that was a mess up too.

is it as simple as that? He knows he done it as he pointed it out when loading it into the car.

Well today i was all chuffed as i was a step closer to getting the engine built. but..... when i picked the bits up from the engine shop they said, we just nipped the crank when we were grinding the edges down to knife edge, they said nothing to worry about purely cosmetic. Well at least they were honest and told me that had down it. Well anyway gave the crank to Mark the mechanic building the engine and his response was "well that's ****ed!" Mark explained why, the nick was on the main Bearing jurnoul. Not only that but it was really rough as if they sanded it with sand paper.

and there was me thinking they looked good :rofl: